Teaching Young Children Mathematics

by Sydney L. Schwartz

Book Overview

Children learn mathematics most effectively in contexts that are meaningful to them. In order to realize the potential of those contexts for fostering young children's mathematical learning, knowledge or mathematics as well as child development is the way to nurture and challenge children's thinking. Avoiding the debates surrounding 'hands-on' learning vs. direct instruction, the author focuses on the value of different contexts for learning and illustrates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578867010
• ISBN13: 9781578867011
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"